If it feels like , that’s because she is. Releasing back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 hits “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” just two months apart — and dethroning herself on the global Spotify songs chart in the process — Carpenter has established herself as a bona fide pop princess. But her catchy, retro pop and country-tinged tracks aren’t the only reason she stands out from the crowd.
In a sea of , Carpenter’s fashion choices help to set her apart. From sparkly corsets to dresses with heart-shaped cutouts, her flirty, feminine and chicly coquette looks are in a league of their own. For her “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” music videos, Carpenter looked to stylist Ron Hartleben to curate a series of outfits to help visually usher in her era, ahead of her Aug.
23 album release. Hartleben is a New York-based stylist whose roster of clients includes Anitta, Willow Smith, Pamela Anderson and Megan Fox. He began working with Carpenter in 2022 and has since styled her for a handful of music videos including “Because I Liked a Boy” and “Feather.
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